This event is strictly pre-entry. Entries close two weeks before the event. Manual entries close on 24 September 2019. Each entrant will receive a SMS or email confirming their entry which must be presented together with their ID at registration.

VOET VAN AFRIKA MARATHON, HALF & 10 KM

DIRECTIONS

Race Start Coordinates: -34.59564611008806, 19.976073503494263

Race Finish Coordinates: -34.54035416720198, 20.04545956850052

VOET VAN AFRIKA MARATHON, HALF & 10 KM

THE RUN

To describe this race as tough, undulating and spectacular is an understatement. The marathon starts on the Elim road almost 10 kilometre outside Bredasdorp. You climb the notorious Soetmuisberg, 470 metres over eight kilometres to the water station at the FM Tower. If the gradient does not take your breath away the panoramic sweep of the Agulhas Plain will. The half marathon starts on Grashoek Farm at the back of the Anysberg and within four kilometres you are presented with the same climb up the Soetmuisberg. To be sure, the half marathon ranks as one of the toughest in South Africa, but then this is “the toughest race with the warmest heart”.

FACILITES

Buses depart from Bredasdorp Sports Ground for the start from 04h00, the last bus leaves at 05h00.

The Voet van Afrika Marathon has been consistently ranked in a number of our surveys as a well-organised and well-presented event. The half marathon starts at 07h30 on Grashoek Farm at the back of the Anysberg and has a 4:00 cut-off. The local publicity association holds a festival over this weekend at the Bredasdorp Sports Complex with stalls, a beer tent, music and entertainment. The race will be run for the 41st time in 2019.

Runners will be transported to the different start venues from the Bredasdorp Sports Ground.